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	First look: Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich' Google's mobile OS gets a major upgrade next month, but there's no need to wait to see some of the new capabilities in action. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Service Assurance Defined This Forrester paper explains the concept of service assurance and highlights how it can address fundamental issues around managing application performance and business services. Learn More In this Issue Will Nokia see new dawn with Lumia Windows Phone handsets? The Ugliest Laptops Ever Made 12 futuristic movie gadgets we need right now 10 Creepy Mobile Games First-Gen Design of Top Websites and Gadgets WHITE PAPER: Intel Enhance virtualization with HP and Intel The rapid adoption of virtualization-enabled servers has created a major increase in I/O overhead. This paper describes a balanced platform approach that addresses virtualization enhancements and hardware assists even at the I/O and networking device levels. Click to continue Will Nokia see new dawn with Lumia Windows Phone handsets? Nokia's first Windows Phone handsets are the Lumia 710 and the higher-end Lumia 800. Here's a first look, based on the specifications for each. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Investment Protection and Elasticity for your Network NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Investment protection and elasticity for your network. Read more The Ugliest Laptops Ever Made Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Yeah, right. Take a look at 12 of the most unsightly portable PCs ever created (plus one bonus pick). Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Map Critical Network Assets and Dependencies Learn how Riverbed provided the International Herald Tribune with an end-to-end view of application delivery paths – from servers to desktops, and how advanced traffic analysis ensured faster problem resolution and more effective WAN management. Read now! 12 futuristic movie gadgets we need right now These movie gadgets may be fictional, but they sure are awesome. Isn't it about time we start seeing this stuff in the real world? Read More 10 Creepy Mobile Games Halloween is just around the corner, so why not scare the pants off yourself by playing one of these Android or iOS games? Read More First-Gen Design of Top Websites and Gadgets What did YouTube look like in 2005? How ugly was the first BlackBerry pager in 1999? Remember Amazon.com when it just sold books? Even the greatest products have awkward beginnings. Let's take a look at your favorite websites and gadgets when they came into the world. Read More
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